The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-13
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AT Plttsburg, Kan, July IA, $500
In bonds will be voted the Santa Fe road,
Swing u. town IL fourth railroad system.
IT is expected that about 81, 500, 900
Of the aoatlns debt OF the Reading road will
be paid Of this m NTH by the receivers. who
viii use the proceeds Of the second assess
mont 10 do q.
The Erie In a few days will make q
trial trip from Chicago to New York, via the
Nypano, with atty loaded freight cars.
equipped with tho Rots automatic brake, and
vita an engine supplied with beals's driyer
brake. IL Il only daosti N oftime wien all
freight trains will bs equipped with auto
matte brakes.
IsDicATioss are now etrong, says q
Boston dispatch. thit Pert Ballona W u be
the Pacific terminus Of the Atchison system.
rather than San Diego. Atchison people
are now under contract % lay Eve miles Of
side track AZ Ballona BY July 10. BalloBa Is
otly thirti minutes fids by rail from Los
Angeles, aud trains ave running frequently
between the two places.
Russia has d, tiuitely resolve upon
the building Of a railroad to the Pacific
ocean by way % Siberia, AMI wsrk IL TO DO
commenced upon II next spring. "A out
lined 10 the pres, reports, this railro.d
would STAR AZ t0msk. on the obi river. In
Siberia, which has 90 "a lfOad cOnmuuica-
tiun with Europe nearer than OronburE.
which IL about laOj miles west.
Ar StrsiIofJ, Conn, the cther day,
a locomotive lawfully standing on the track
,of II, owner at a bishvAy crossing. was run
into By a peddlef's team aud the aasslad
broken 81. The boot 10 generally on the
other loot, but u the peddlsr ha. a liberal
contingent iuud on hand, " woul only be
following a veil established precedent for
the railroad company 70 sue him TOT $50.
THR rev classification adopted by
the roads 10 the Central TrAfic Association
will be made public In q fe- day,. The sd-
vaness made are ihtisniheant. while the 70.
ductions that will be effected are In many
instat css q con iderabls Interest. Some
20 additions 20 ths 81 classic ition have
bsen made, Nhile the change. In verbiAse
are Numerous, There are also a number Of
amsndmenu 10 the rules and t'ecal In
tuuctioht.
On Thursday next a. Springfield,
NJ, In the United States Court, tho hearing
Of the vAn6Al. A-Ierre Iiaute and Ihdianap-
oil, case will be commenced The action Is
brought By the PenptylvAniA 20 spie In an
eadeavor 10 have tho lease % the 81. Louis,
Van taiiA snd 1erre HAute road 10 the Tefre
Usute and il dianapoiis Company broken.
Tho plaintiff In the case ash that q recsivsf
be appniniei BY the court 10 take charge OF
the KandAlia.
TwnTY SIX sailing vstrels, carrying
5000 tons Of ,tsel rails, are on their wy out
10 San Francisco for the southern Pacific.
Most Of the rails we're bought IN Ensland.
whils the rsit are IRON PbilsdelphiA. The
larger part are 20 be used In pushibs 10 com
pleu u the northern division Of the Southern
Pacific system, which will gtye a shorter aud
more direct rou'e rom san ffancisco ~ los
Angeles BY way OF san jose, Ban Lula Obispo
aud santa Barbara.
A REoEST writer IN railway con.
Itfuction 10 this country predicts that, he.
fore tie nsrt wave Of commercial depression
auivei, a railway will be pushed dosb from
this capital into Guatsmaln and Hlcrasua.
And, In the opinion Of one u the most pfac.
teal railway manatefs here. lsch q TOtd
would prove remuaeratiye, 0twithstanding
the TACT that u .would not strike any yery
large towns, but the b lief In the remupefa.
tive nature 81 he enterprise u based Wholly
on the probable ifeighu u coffee, tobacco
and other bit countfs pfoduct'i for u Il an
cipa'ed that asficult ifo sould he = eatlY
stimulated BY zoe construction Of the rail-
vay.-MsKlcan Rinancisf.
TINS San Ao'onlo sud Arkansas
Pas 70 "a Il nov completed from saa Anto
Mo, 1eS., 20 Ingieido and Corpus Christi.
IL IL alio being constructed from San Anto.
MO nofihyest 10 Boefno, and east from
Kennedy junction 70 . connection With the
| dull, Colorado and Santa W railroad a
NHlIif, n1d IL .ea'ly eom sletsd & the lattlf
point. There are 80 mile of road nov com
plotsd and IN operation, The road Will CON
psct with the Missouri P.ciho, the southsr }
Pac 4 ., tho htohison ard the Mexican Ma
tional f9ad,, and vii nass ihor, r.u'e be.
tween Galveston and Houston And all points
on tho hsiisan Natl nal. The line taps .
vsry fertile oountry. and 10 laid In steel
i rails.
The mechanical department Of the
Hast Tsntsssss. vlrsinis spd 0sOrsis srs